Recent content by chico.medic

Just some more pics, This time of our newest LSV. Its a Leader Type I on a Chevy Chassis.

My service just took delivery of a Chevy Type I from Leader Emergency Vehicles. I had the pleasure of working a 72 hour shift out of this unit and I have to say, I like it. I'm 6'4'' so I've pretty much come to terms with the fact I'll never be comfortable in ANY ambulance, but this truck...

My service just purchased 4 of the E-Series and are getting another 8 on a grant. We have not implemented them into the field yet, however FTO's and Preceptors have gotten to play with them. They are friggin' sweet! We ordered ours with everything except the NIBP. ETCo2, SpO2, 12-Lead...

Makes sense, Thanks to you both!

......anyone?:glare:

Can anyone explain the etiology behind trismus in a witnessed cardiac arrest patient. Seen it quite a few times and it resembles a seizure while in v-fib.

I thought there was sufficient sarcasm in that post, indicating I was only kidding. Maybe not. :P

I was a little pre-occupied with concentrating on my target, whilst holding onto the ceiling railing with my other hand because my partner, Mario Andretti, was in front, rocketing my Ford Econovan-350 around a corner, into opposing traffic at 90 MPH. Not sure if it made a "bump" on the monitor...

I just "thumped" a guy the other day that I witnessed go into V-Fib. Didn't work, but was worth a shot while w/ were getting the fast patches out. He converted after defibrillation.

Just curious, but if your on a BLS rig, w/ no ALS provider, why do you have all of that stuff with you? :huh: Now if we were partnered on an ALS rig, and you set up all that stuff w/ out me asking, I'd have to give you props! (Except, do they make tubes smaller than an 8.5? lol.)B)

The combi-tube and the King LT are both mediocre at best, and are exactly what they were intended to be: Rescue Airway Devices. You can't get a tube, you use it as a bridge till you can achieve a definitive airway. There's really no excuse to not have a tube. Tough intubation? Fine, use a...

:rolleyes: Like I said before.....

Ijust got a phone call from my partner, "WE'RE FAMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE ON LIKE 3 WEBSITES!!!!!!" LOL. Pretty minor, but it got picked up by emsresponder.com and firehouse.com. lol. http://emsresponder.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=5286

Or the operator of the LSV could drive w/ due regard, and clear the intersection before continuing through a red light at speeds great enough to kill another motorist. :glare: JM$0.02

Never seen it do that. The last cardioversion I had, we were called to one of the county fire stations for a walk-in medical. Got there and we were told our pt was having "an anxiety attack." Got to her and she was hyperventelating, altered, pale/cool/diophoretic, radial pulse too fast to...